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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Northern Indiana

August 2, 20134 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2013, 7:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2013, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Allen County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 2, 7:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Aboite, IN	TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES IN ABOITE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

324 
WUUS53 KIWX 022308
SVRIWX
INC003-069-179-183-022345-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0102.130802T2308Z-130802T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
708 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 706 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OSSIAN AROUND 730 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROLLING HILLS...ZANESVILLE...
NINE MILE...YODER...HESSEN CASSEL...POE AND MIDDLETOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4098 8551 4113 8542 4101 8500 4093 8505
      4093 8508 4088 8508 4078 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 293DEG 31KT 4101 8536

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

LEWIS

2 follow-up statements

110 
WWUS53 KIWX 022326
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
726 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

INC069-183-022335-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-130802T2345Z/
WHITLEY IN-HUNTINGTON IN-
726 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST AND OUT OF 
THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 4089 8534 4091 8535 4107 8523 4108 8522
      4101 8500 4093 8505 4093 8508 4088 8508
      4078 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 293DEG 31KT 4095 8518

$$

INC003-179-022345-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-130802T2345Z/
ALLEN IN-WELLS IN-
726 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
WELLS AND SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 723 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
OSSIAN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OSSIAN AROUND 730 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HESSEN CASSEL...POE AND
MIDDLETOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4089 8534 4091 8535 4107 8523 4108 8522
      4101 8500 4093 8505 4093 8508 4088 8508
      4078 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 293DEG 31KT 4095 8518

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

LEWIS

241 
WWUS53 KIWX 022340
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
740 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

INC003-179-022348-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-130802T2345Z/
ALLEN IN-WELLS IN-
740 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WELLS AND
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...

AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON
TWITTER WITH THE HASHTAG... #NWSIWX.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 8534 4091 8535 4107 8523 4108 8522
      4101 8500 4093 8505 4093 8508 4088 8508
      4078 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 293DEG 31KT 4090 8504

$$

NG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 2, 3:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
357 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 351 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

A PAIR OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE WITH A COLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH
OF THE REGION TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THE BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEHIND THIS FRONT
WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS. A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA
TUESDAY BRINGING THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 351 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

PRIMARY SHORT TERM FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE ON CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY.

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE HAS WEAKENED THROUGH THE
DAY AND SHIFTED NORTH AND EAST OF LOCAL AREA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AT
18Z INDICATING A COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES OF INTEREST FOR TONIGHT/EARLY
SATURDAY. THE FIRST OF THESE SHORT WAVES CONTINUES TO DIG ACROSS THE
ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN. ANOTHER SMALLER
SCALE WAVE APPEARS TO BE KICKING OUT OF EASTERN NEBRASKA...WITH SOME
PRONOUNCED VEERING MID/UPPER LEVEL FLOW PER MERRIMAN PROFILER DATA
PAST HOUR BEHIND THIS SHORT WAVE. A 120 KNOT UPPER JET STREAK
DIGGING THROUGH BASE OF NORTHERN GREAT LAKES UPPER TROUGH WILL PLACE
LOCAL AREA INCREASINGLY IN MORE FAVORED RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION BY
LATE EVENING. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY TRENDS OVER PAST SEVERAL
HOURS HAVE BEEN TOWARD BUILDING CU ALONG PREFRONTAL TROUGH TYPE
FEATURE FROM THE QUAD CITIES INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WHERE SFC DEW
POINTS HAVE POOLED INTO THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70. ABOVE MID/UPPER
LEVEL FORCING MECHANISMS SHOULD INTERACT WITH NARROW PREFRONTAL
TROUGH TYPE FEATURE TO INCREASE COVERAGE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND
EVENTUALLY INTO NORTHERN INDIANA/SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AS LARGER
SCALE FRONTAL RESPONSE SHIFTS INTO THE AREA. RAP INITIALIZATION DATA
DOES INDICATE THE RELATIVE STABLE BUBBLE ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA
GIVING WAY TO AXIS OF 100 HPA MLCAPES ON THE ORDER OF 1000 J/KG LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.

BASED ON HOW CURRENT SCENARIO SEEMS TO BE UNFOLDING...HAVE NOT MADE
MANY CHANGES TO SCT POPS TRANSITIONING TO LIKELY POPS EARLY THIS
EVENING ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN HALF AS FRONTAL CIRCULATION BEGINS TO
MATURE. EXPECTING SCATTERED CONVECTION TO GENERALLY MERGE INTO
LARGER AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AS THIS OCCURS. SOME
DECENT RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN HALF GIVEN
MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE FRONT AND INCREASING FRONTOGENETIC
RESPONSE LATER THIS EVENING. A FEW STRONGER CELLS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING THROUGH ABOUT 00Z ACROSS ESPECIALLY WESTERN
HALF GIVEN FAIRLY ROBUST DEEP LAYER SHEAR...BUT OVERALL SEVERE
THREAT SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED DUE TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY PROFILES.

GENERALLY UTILIZED SREF IDEA FOR TIMING FRONTAL PROGRESSION INTO
SATURDAY MORNING WHICH LARGELY SUPPORTS GOING FORECAST SO NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO SATURDAY POPS WITH BULK OF PRECIP
SHIFTING SOUTH OF THE AREA LATE MORNING.

&&

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 351 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

BRIEF RETURN TO TRANQUIL WEATHER EXPECTED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHORTWAVE RIDGING/SUBTLE MIDLEVEL HEIGHT RISES AND ANTICYCLONIC LOW
LEVEL FLOW WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE
COLD FRONT EXITS OUR AREA. LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS/CAA AND DECREASING
CLOUDS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A COOL NIGHT WITH LOWS DROPPING INTO THE LOW
TO MID 50S PER CONSENSUS OF LATEST RAW AND STATISTICAL GUIDANCE.
STRONG NEGATIVE THETA-E ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON
SUNDAY WITH JUST ENOUGH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE SEEN IN FORECAST
SOUNDINGS TO SUPPORT A FEW DIURNAL CU. 850MB TEMPS ALSO DROP INTO
THE SINGLE DIGITS BUT AMPLE SUN SHOULD PUSH AFTERNOON TEMPS INTO THE
MID 70S FOR MOST LOCATIONS. SURFACE HIGH WILL DRIFT OVERHEAD BY
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER COOL NIGHT IN THE LOW 50S EXPECTED. A FEW
AREAS IN OUR NORTHEAST MAY EVEN TOUCH UPPER 40S IF MIDLEVEL CLOUDS
HOLD OFF LONG ENOUGH. SLIGHT MODERATION OF CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL
ALLOW TEMPS ON MONDAY TO CLIMB A DEGREE OR TWO HIGHER BUT STILL ONLY
MID TO UPPER 70S AT BEST.

BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK A PIECE OF ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO BREAK
OFF THE POLAR VORTEX AND PHASE WITH THE PERSISTENT HUDSON BAY CLOSED
LOW...ESTABLISHING A DEEP PV ANOMALY THAT IS EXPECTED TO MEANDER
ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE...SEVERAL
WEAK SHORTWAVES EMANATING FROM THE NORTHWEST CONUS TROUGH WILL BE
SHEARED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES IN FAST WNW FLOW ALOFT ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF AFOREMENTIONED ANOMALY. RETURN FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF
DEPARTING SURFACE HIGH WILL ALSO BEGIN TO ADVECT A SLIGHTLY WARMER
AND MORE MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS BACK INTO THE REGION DURING THIS
TIME. NEEDLESS TO SAY NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IS STRUGGLING WITH THE
EVOLUTION OF THIS PATTERN. LATEST 12Z GFS IS CONTINUING TO TREND
TOWARD THE MORE CONSISTENT ECMWF IN SHOWING THE BEST PRECIP
POTENTIAL HOLDING OFF UNTIL LATE TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY BUT
CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BY LATE IN THE WEEK.
CERTAINLY COULD BE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM WAA/ISENTROPIC
ASCENT ON TUESDAY BUT WILL HIGHLIGHT WEDNESDAY WITH THE HIGHEST POPS
AS THE MAIN SHORTWAVE/COLD FRONT PUSH THROUGH THE REGION. WILL LEAVE
THE END OF THE WEEK DRY FOR NOW UNTIL THE MODELS GET A BETTER HANDLE
ON EVOLUTION OF DEEP CANADIAN VORTEX. SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS EXPECTED
NEXT WEEK IN SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT BUT STILL HOVERING NEAR
TO EVEN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY AUGUST.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 153 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

ISENTROPIC FORCING WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA AND
WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS WILL RESULT IN LINGERING
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST INDIANA TO
SHIFT EAST OF KFWA BY 19Z. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS SOME
ENHANCEMENT TO CU BACK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS ALONG WEAK
PREFRONTAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. LARGE SCALE FORCING WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST DROPS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WARM
SECTOR SHOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE ACTIVE WITH SHOWERS AND
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS BY THE 21Z-00Z TIMEFRAME. BASED ON
ORIENTATION OF PREFRONTAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...WOULD SUSPECT BEST
CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA AT KFWA IN THE 00Z-05Z TIMEFRAME. CONFIDENCE IN
COVERAGE/DURATION OF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AT KSBN SOMEWHAT LOW AND
HAVE CONFINED PRECIP MENTION TO TEMPO -SHRA IN THE 21Z TO 01Z
TIMEFRAME. WINDS TO BECOME LIGHT WEST/NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT
TONIGHT WITH FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL PRECIP LIKELY REMAINING SOUTH OF
KFWA ON SATURDAY.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...MARSILI
SHORT TERM...MARSILI
LONG TERM...AGD
AVIATION...MARSILI

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:05 AM EDT, 14 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
505 AM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-030915-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
505 AM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013 /405 AM CDT FRI AUG 2 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AREA. THE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... AND A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SMALL POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-030915-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
505 AM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THERE
IS A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
417 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

INZ014>016-024-022100-
FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-MARSHALL IN-WABASH IN-
417 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI...
NORTHERN WABASH...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY...SOUTHERN
KOSCIUSKO...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES...

AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NORTH MANCHESTER...
  AKRON...SEVASTOPOL AND BEAVER DAM...
  BEAVER DAM LAKE AND BURKET...
  DISKO...
  CLAYPOOL AND SILVER LAKE...
  PACKERTON...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4120 8623 4113 8569 4096 8568 4104 8625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 276DEG 24KT 4112 8609

LEWIS

Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
448 PM EDT FRI AUG 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0433 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SILVER LAKE             41.07N  85.89W
08/02/2013                   KOSCIUSKO          IN   LOCAL POLICE

            NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN

&&

AGD

Local storm report, Aug 2, 5:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
518 PM EDT FRI AUG 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LIBERTY MILLS           41.03N  85.74W
08/02/2013                   WABASH             IN   PUBLIC

            TWO LARGE TREES DOWN

&&

AGD

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
532 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

INZ004-005-014-016-022215-
ELKHART IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-MARSHALL IN-ST. JOSEPH IN-
532 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN NORTHERN
KOSCIUSKO...NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH AND
SOUTHERN ELKHART COUNTIES...

AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR BREMEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NAPPANEE...
  SYRACUSE...
  WAKARUSA...
  MILFORD...
  NEW PARIS...
  LOCKE...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4158 8567 4136 8566 4134 8624 4152 8626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 265DEG 23KT 4144 8612

LEWIS

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
554 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

INZ026-027-OHZ024-022245-
ADAMS IN-VAN WERT OH-WELLS IN-
554 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN VAN WERT...EASTERN
WELLS AND CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLUFFTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MONROE...
  OHIO CITY...
  PETERSON...
  WILLSHIRE...PLEASANT MILLS AND SALEM...
  SCHUMM AND WREN...
  ABANAKA...DULL AND GLENMORE...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4081 8434 4081 8440 4068 8440 4068 8444
      4073 8445 4073 8471 4072 8471 4072 8479
      4066 8480 4072 8520 4082 8512 4084 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 275DEG 34KT 4078 8508

LEWIS

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 6:53 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
653 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

INZ017-018-025>027-022330-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON IN-WELLS IN-WHITLEY IN-
653 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHEASTERN WELLS...
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS...NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY
AND SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTIES...

AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLUMBIA CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FORT WAYNE...
  DUNFEE AND ARCOLA...
  ROLLING HILLS AND ABOITE...
  NINE MILE...
  YODER...
  HESSEN CASSEL...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS WILL CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND CAUSE DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CULVERTS TO FILL QUICKLY.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4085 8498 4098 8538 4105 8553 4120 8550
      4108 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 293DEG 33KT 4112 8540

LEWIS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	43 min
Aug 2, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Wabash	47 min
Aug 2, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley	31 min
Aug 2, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart	43 min
Aug 2, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams	51 min
Aug 2, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Whitley	37 min
Aug 2, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	29 min
Aug 2, 7:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen, Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley	3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.